Manon

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Manon is a French opera by Jules Massenet, based on Abbé Prévost’s novel about the tragic love affair of the young woman Manon Lescaut and the Chevalier des Grieux.

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Manon canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf opera
actCount 5
basedOn L’Histoire du chevalier des Grieux et de Manon Lescaut
basedOnAuthor Abbé Prévost
catalogueNumber none (not commonly catalogued with an opus number)
character Comte des Grieux
De Brétigny
linked to: Brétigny

Guillot de Morfontaine
Javotte
Lescaut
Poussette
linked to: Graco

Rosette
commissionedBy Opéra-Comique
composer Jules Massenet
countryOfOrigin France
desGrieuxVoiceType tenor
firstDesGrieuxPerformer Talazac
firstManonPerformer Marie Heilbronn
firstPerformanceConductor Jules Danbé
genre opera comique tradition
hasBalletAdaptation yes
hasFilmAdaptation yes
language French
librettist Henri Meilhac
Philippe Gille
mainCharacter Chevalier des Grieux
Manon Lescaut
notableAria Adieu, notre petite table
Ah! fuyez, douce image
En fermant les yeux
Je suis encore tout étourdie
Obéissons quand leur voix appelle
notableEnsemble Finale of Act II
originalTheatre Salle Favart
premiereCity Paris
premiereCountry France
premiereDate 1884-01-19
premierePlace Opéra-Comique, Paris
linked to: Opéra-Comique
publisher Heugel
setting France
settingPeriod early 18th century
structure five acts
style French Romantic opera
subject gambling
moral downfall
seduction
social ambition
tragic love affair
titleRoleVoiceType soprano

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Opéra-Comique premieredWork Manon
subject linked to: Opéra-Comique, Paris, France
Jules Massenet notableWork Manon
subject linked to: Jules